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Welcome to the American Gods campaign wiki.  This site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop superhero role-playing game called "American Gods" that uses the [http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/ M&M] system .  This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki], a web page that can be edited by anyone surfing the web!   <br> The goal of this site is to form a repository of information about our game easily accessible to and editable by the entire game group; a "campaign series bible".
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Welcome to the American Gods campaign wiki.  This site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop superhero role-playing game called "American Gods" that uses the [http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/ M&M] system .  This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki], a web page that can be edited by anyone surfing the web! The goal of this site is to form a repository of information about our game easily accessible to and editable by the entire game group; a "campaign series bible".
  
 
'''CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS'''
 
'''CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS'''
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* '''[[Back Issue Bin]]''':  This is the spot for game session recaps by both GM and Players.  <br> The American Gods [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial Serial Campaign] is broken into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc Story Arcs].
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* '''[[Back Issue Bin]]''':  This is the spot for game session recaps by both GM and Players.  The American Gods [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial Serial Campaign] is broken into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc Story Arcs].
 
* [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/SupersRPG_AMERICAN_GODS/?yguid=140900971 '''American Gods Yahoo Group''']:  Planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat.
 
* [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/SupersRPG_AMERICAN_GODS/?yguid=140900971 '''American Gods Yahoo Group''']:  Planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat.
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** ''[[Note ScratchPad]]'': is a place to drop in game text/ideas to place at a later time.  When one of us doesn't have time to find and format for the specific area we can drop it here.  ANYONE that would like to find a home for this info and format it is WELCOME to do so.
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** ''[[Note ScratchPad]]'': A place to drop text/ideas to place at a later time.  When one of us doesn't have time to find a place and format for the specific idea, drop it here.  ANYONE that would like to find a home for this info and format it is WELCOME to do so.
  
  
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* '''[[Quotes from the American God Game Sessions]]''':  We try our best to have someone writing quotes they hear from other players, characters and NPCs.  We don't always get them all and some will make little sense out of context but they greatly humanize the story looking back!
 
* '''[[Quotes from the American God Game Sessions]]''':  We try our best to have someone writing quotes they hear from other players, characters and NPCs.  We don't always get them all and some will make little sense out of context but they greatly humanize the story looking back!
 
* '''[[Game Inspiration Quotes]]''':  Herein we see multiple quotes that we've found that have meaning to our stories and styles.
 
* '''[[Game Inspiration Quotes]]''':  Herein we see multiple quotes that we've found that have meaning to our stories and styles.
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* '''[[American God COVERS]]''': The inspirations behind what those cover images symbolize...  Image the images that have been created could be the cover for the collected trade paperback graphic novel for each story arc.  Each are meant to symbolize things what were to happen within the comics of the arc.
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* '''[[American God COVERS]]''': Imagine that these images are the covers for the collected trade paperback graphic novels of each story arc.  Each image is meant to symbolize the contents of its arc; those symbols are discussed within.
  
  
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* '''[[Supporting Cast]]''':  The important people that are in the main characters' lives who were ''not'' with them on Flight 283.
 
* '''[[Supporting Cast]]''':  The important people that are in the main characters' lives who were ''not'' with them on Flight 283.
 
** [[Walk On Cast]]:  The less important people that intersect with the main characters' lives.
 
** [[Walk On Cast]]:  The less important people that intersect with the main characters' lives.
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* [[The Hopewell Foundation]]: A non-profit think tank founded by the main cast.
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* '''[[The Hopewell Foundation]]''': A non-profit think tank founded by the main cast.
 
** [[Hopewell Foundation, DC Office FLOORPLAN]]:  The DC office layout and details.
 
** [[Hopewell Foundation, DC Office FLOORPLAN]]:  The DC office layout and details.
 
** [[Survivor Polling Data]]
 
** [[Survivor Polling Data]]
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** [[Biotech Industries]]:  Various Biotech companies that could be involved with the Survivors.
 
** [[Biotech Industries]]:  Various Biotech companies that could be involved with the Survivors.
 
*** [http://www.celera.com/ CELERA] - [[Celera Main suplemental]] The company that kept the Survivors in its care during the four long years of their "slumber."  Herein are the individuals employed by or otherwise associated with Celera.
 
*** [http://www.celera.com/ CELERA] - [[Celera Main suplemental]] The company that kept the Survivors in its care during the four long years of their "slumber."  Herein are the individuals employed by or otherwise associated with Celera.
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**** Rockville, MD Campus - [[MD Campus suplemental]] - Where The Survivors first landed on the East Coast and discovered the cloned corpses of Mrs. X's baby.
 
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**** South San Francisco, CA Campus - [[CA Campus suplemental]]
 
 
*** [http://www.celera.com/celera/alliances Celera Alliances] - [[Celera Alliance Suplemental]]
 
*** [http://www.celera.com/celera/alliances Celera Alliances] - [[Celera Alliance Suplemental]]
 
**** [http://www.seattlegenetics.com/ Seattle Genetics], Bothell, WA Campus - [[WA Campus suplemental]] - Where The Survivors woke up and where they stayed for the first two days thereafter.
 
**** [http://www.seattlegenetics.com/ Seattle Genetics], Bothell, WA Campus - [[WA Campus suplemental]] - Where The Survivors woke up and where they stayed for the first two days thereafter.
  
 
===OTHER FACTIONS===
 
===OTHER FACTIONS===
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* [[Antagonists]]: The various antagonists that intersect with the main character's lives. Possibly allies or foes.
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* '''[[Antagonists]]''': The various antagonists that intersect with the main character's lives. Possibly allies or foes.
  
  
  
 
==Locations of Interest==
 
==Locations of Interest==
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* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell,_New_Jersey Hopewell, NJ]''' - The location of crashdown for AA Flight 283.  The site is just outside the town of Hopewell across the river from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Crossing_State_Park Washington Crossing State Park].
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===Connecticut===
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* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut Hartford]''':  The location of Brian Jaffe's family home. Current home of his father's new family.  Brian's mother currently lives with her mother (Brian's Grandmother) in a suburb of Portland, Maine.
  
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* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_DC Washington DC]''': Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nation's Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America, and as such, the word Washington is often used as a metonymy for the United States federal government.  [http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Washington,+DC Map of the DC area]
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===Maryland===
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* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapolis%2C_Maryland Annapolis]''': Home to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy U.S. Naval Academy], which hosts not only a shipyards and naval base, but also some of the country's most extensive RADAR and detection equipment.  It is the site where Brian Jaffe safely brought down a Navy pilot who had lost control of his plane.
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* '''[http://www.jhu.edu/ John Hopkins University]''': One of the leading academic and research universities in the United States, if not the world.  Brian claimed, once, to have applied to their law school, but been turned down.  The administration recently offered to award Brian an honorary doctorate (in an unknown field - presumably law or international relations) if he'll serve as commencement speaker.
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_Hospital John Hopkins Hospital]: One of the nation's leading research and teaching hospitals, it's so-far been the medical center of choice for the main cast.  They brought Jack here after he was shot, Carrie here to recover from her burns and Arthur here after Carrie stabbed him.  An unknown Survivor works in the hospital as a Physical Therapist.
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* '''[http://www.oaklandmd.com/home.asp Oakland]''': A town in the far west of Maryland, this is the home of [Thomas Reagan] and the site of his [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Legal_Matters#State_vs._Reagan unfortunate accident].
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* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockville%2C_Maryland Rockville]''': The third largest city in Maryland, located almost at the state's geographic center.
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** [http://www.celera.com/ CELERA] campus: This is the site where all of the Survivors first landed on the East Coast.  This is also where the main cast discovered the four cloned corpses of Bryce, the [Unborn Child of Mary Beth Manly].
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** [http://www.kingfarm.org/ King Farm]: An enclosed, 430 acre neo-traditional planned community founded in 1997 within the Rockville city limits.  [[Milos Wiazowski]] recently announced that due to funding from the [http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation], among others, King Farm has now become an enclosed community specifically for the benefit of the Godlike. 
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===New Jersey===
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The site of the first defining moment for the Godlike: their plane's fateful crash to the earth.  Since then, it's served as temporary home to Harold Redford and become the not-entirely-top-secret site of the government's latest "Area 51"-like facility.
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* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell,_New_Jersey Hopewell]''': The location of crashdown for AA Flight 283.  The site is just outside the town of Hopewell across the river from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Crossing_State_Park Washington Crossing State Park].
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===New York City===
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* '''[http://www.newyorkcity.com/list.aspx?c=9&e=neighborhoodID&s=526&v=247 Midtown East]''': Midtown east stretches from 42nd Street north to 59th, and East of Fifth Avenue to the East River. Major landmarks include Grand Central Station and the United Nations Building. It is also home to some of the world's most well known department stores, including Macys, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan Midtown, NYC on wikipedia]
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** [http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml;jsessionid=EZZRM3QF02QN4CSGBIU2VCQKIYFC3UUC?ctyhocn=NYCWAHH Waldorf Astoria Hotel]: The location of Jack Bennett's mother's penthouse apartment. Loc: 301 Park Avenue (between 49th and 50th Street)  Area: Midtown East, The Waldorf Astoria is a luxury hotel, located on Park Avenue, in the heart of New York. Built in 1929, the hotel was completely renovated in 1999, to bring all the charm and elegance of the original structure into the modern times. The Waldorf Astoria is justly famous. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_Astoria Waldorf Astoria on wikipedia]
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===Washington, D.C.===
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* '''[http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=Washington,+DC Map of the DC Area]'''
 
** [http://www.frommers.com/images/destinations/maps/jpg/35_themall.jpg The National Mall]: Map of the central area of Washington DC
 
** [http://www.frommers.com/images/destinations/maps/jpg/35_themall.jpg The National Mall]: Map of the central area of Washington DC
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*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial the Lincoln Memorial]:  the location of the meeting of the main cast Survivors following their homecoming trips.
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*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial the Lincoln Memorial]:  the location of the meeting of the main cast Survivors following their homecoming trips and sight of Jack's near-fatal shooting.
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*** [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Hopewell_Foundation%2C_DC_Office_FLOORPLAN The Hopewell Foundation]: With a main office located just off the National Mall and between the White House and the Capital Building in downtown Washington, this is the nerve-center for the main cast's efforts to unite and care for their fellow Survivors.
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*** [http://washingtonpost.homehunter.com/wpost/washingtonpost/listing_details.jhtml?userId=JAL1ADCCPJNX1LAZGQNSFFA227627&filter_product_id=11270057&searchType=14&sbt=N&search_by_type=new_mls%2Cnew_class%2Cnew_const%2Cresale_mls%2Cresale_class%2Cresale%2Cresale_ecom_owner%2Cnew_ecom_owner%2Cresale_ecom_agent%2Cnew_ecom_agent%2Cresale_ecom_broker%2Cnew_ecom_broker%2Cresale_ecom_builder%2Cnew_ecom_builder&onTab=1&filter_min_price=350000&filter_min_bed=2&filter_open_house=N&sort_result_order=price_asc%2Cattribute_count%2Cprice_desc%2Clisting_age&geo_area_text_lookup_id=73146&areaIdHistory=68984A73016A71024A73146&print=false Brian's Condo]: Located between Downtown Washington and Dupont Circle, this is the posh home of Brian Jaffe.
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown%2C_Washington%2C_D.C. Georgetown]:  Georgetown is a neighborhood of Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. It is located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington on the Potomac River waterfront.
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown%2C_Washington%2C_D.C. Georgetown]:  Georgetown is a neighborhood of Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. It is located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington on the Potomac River waterfront.
 
*** [http://www.clydes.com/main/index.cfm Clyde's of Georgetown]: 3236 M Street, NW, Phone 202-333-9180.  Where Brain Jaffe, with input from several fellow Survivors, wrote The Survivors Announcement.  The streetcorner outside is the site of the bus/taxi accident that was the first public usage of super abilities.
 
*** [http://www.clydes.com/main/index.cfm Clyde's of Georgetown]: 3236 M Street, NW, Phone 202-333-9180.  Where Brain Jaffe, with input from several fellow Survivors, wrote The Survivors Announcement.  The streetcorner outside is the site of the bus/taxi accident that was the first public usage of super abilities.
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** [[Jack's Contingency]]:  A private location Jack found as a "getaway" beneath DC.
 
** [[Jack's Contingency]]:  A private location Jack found as a "getaway" beneath DC.
  
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* '''[http://www.newyorkcity.com/list.aspx?c=9&e=neighborhoodID&s=526&v=247 Midtown East, NYC, New York]''': Midtown east stretches from 42nd Street north to 59th, and East of Fifth Avenue to the East River. Major landmarks include Grand Central Station and the United Nations Building. It is also home to some of the world's most well known department stores, including Macys, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan Midtown, NYC on wikipedia]
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===West Virginia===
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** [http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml;jsessionid=EZZRM3QF02QN4CSGBIU2VCQKIYFC3UUC?ctyhocn=NYCWAHH Waldorf Astoria Hotel]: The location of Jack Bennett's mother's penthouse apartment. Loc: 301 Park Avenue (between 49th and 50th Street)  Area: Midtown East, The Waldorf Astoria is a luxury hotel, located on Park Avenue, in the heart of New York. Built in 1929, the hotel was completely renovated in 1999, to bring all the charm and elegance of the original structure into the modern times. The Waldorf Astoria is justly famous. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_Astoria Waldorf Astoria on wikipedia]
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* '''[http://www.clarksburg.com/ Clarksburg]''':  Located in Harrison County.  The location that the group met with [[Jeremiah Jack]] to get keys/directions to his hunting camp on Ware Mt.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksburg%2C_WV Clarksburg on wikipedia]
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* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut Hartford, CT]''':  The location of Brian Jaffe's family home. Current home of his father's new family.  Brian's mother currently lives with her mother (Brian's Grandmother) in ???.
 
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* '''[http://www.clarksburg.com/ Clarksburg, WV]''':  Located in Harrison County.  The location that the group met with [[Jeremiah Jack]] to get keys/directions to his hunting camp on Ware Mt.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksburg%2C_WV Clarksburg on wikipedia]
 
 
** [http://www.meadowbrookmall.com/ Meadow Brook Mall]:  Clarksburg, WV.
 
** [http://www.meadowbrookmall.com/ Meadow Brook Mall]:  Clarksburg, WV.
 
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia%2C_West_Virginia Centrailia, WV]:  Ware Mt., Located in Braxton County - just below the geographical center of the State.  Approximately 1-2 hours from Meadow Brook Mall.
 
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia%2C_West_Virginia Centrailia, WV]:  Ware Mt., Located in Braxton County - just below the geographical center of the State.  Approximately 1-2 hours from Meadow Brook Mall.
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==News & Events==
 
==News & Events==
 
===September 11, 2001===
 
===September 11, 2001===
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_Terrorist_Attack the 9/11 Disaster]: - A history of the real-world events of September 11.
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_Terrorist_Attack the 9/11 Disaster]: A history of the real-world events of September 11.
 
* [[9/11 Timeline]] - A history of events on September 11, often different from the real world, often unique to The American Gods.
 
* [[9/11 Timeline]] - A history of events on September 11, often different from the real world, often unique to The American Gods.
 
* [[the Planes]]:  265 people killed on four planes; 232 passengers, 25 flight attendants, 8 pilots.  (Note that this total includes the 19 hijackers, who reportedly boarded the planes as passengers.)
 
* [[the Planes]]:  265 people killed on four planes; 232 passengers, 25 flight attendants, 8 pilots.  (Note that this total includes the 19 hijackers, who reportedly boarded the planes as passengers.)

Revision as of 17:41, 9 December 2005

"In God We Trust" cover image
"Homecomings" cover image
"America's Most Wanted" cover image

HEAR ME SURVIVORS.

You change the world. You move mountains. You define music, fashion & entertainment.
YOU are Godlike.

Sinner or Saint. Revolutionary or Radical. Anarchist or Terrorist.
YOU are Godlike.

Walk among the clouds. Walk between the stars. Walk as gods.

Because YOU...... ARE Godlike.

-- Godlike Convocation


Welcome to the American Gods campaign wiki. This site is a resource for a face-to-face tabletop superhero role-playing game called "American Gods" that uses the M&M system . This site is a wiki, a web page that can be edited by anyone surfing the web! The goal of this site is to form a repository of information about our game easily accessible to and editable by the entire game group; a "campaign series bible".

CAMPAIGN CONNECTIONS

  • Back Issue Bin: This is the spot for game session recaps by both GM and Players. The American Gods Serial Campaign is broken into Story Arcs.
  • American Gods Yahoo Group: Planning of game gatherings and general group chit chat.
    • Note ScratchPad: A place to drop text/ideas to place at a later time. When one of us doesn't have time to find a place and format for the specific idea, drop it here. ANYONE that would like to find a home for this info and format it is WELCOME to do so.


Setting Background

Fundamentally the same as the real world, things in the American Gods campaign took a dramatic turn on September 11, 2001, with an extra, fourth plane hijacked from Boston Logan airport. This plane, too, went down, but everyone on it survived, though they were lost to consciousness for four years. When they wake up they come to be called, variously, The Survivors and The Godlike.

It soon becomes apparent that the Godlike have each awoken with a special power as, unwittingly, they begin to exhibit abilities such as superhuman strength, flight, healing touch and even clairvoyance. Eager to revisit their past and reunite with those they love, two worlds collide as these people, acclimated to the world before their coming, are forced to deal with the new challenges of being god. They are people dealing with traumatic changes, driven by the mystery of what happened to them and why. This is their platform to explore politics, religion, society, responsibility and ultimately, the question of power: what it means, what it does and what it costs. It echoes the adage, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Hyped as a hoax by many, it is rumored that the Godlike were infected by some government experiment, that they are angels or demons ushering the end times, or perhaps they are the results of alien abduction. With the world understandably curious, rumors begin to spread about the Godlike's abilities and public opinion soon becomes divided between those who embrace the Godlike and those who fear them. As the members of the Godlike struggle to resume and rebuild their “life interrupted,” each will come to play a pivotal role in events still to come... events that will shape the destiny of the human race.


QUOTES & COMMENTARY

  • Quotes from the American God Game Sessions: We try our best to have someone writing quotes they hear from other players, characters and NPCs. We don't always get them all and some will make little sense out of context but they greatly humanize the story looking back!
  • Game Inspiration Quotes: Herein we see multiple quotes that we've found that have meaning to our stories and styles.
  • American God COVERS: Imagine that these images are the covers for the collected trade paperback graphic novels of each story arc. Each image is meant to symbolize the contents of its arc; those symbols are discussed within.


People & Groups

This Band of Brothers

  • Main Cast: The main characters of our story, the player characters.
    • Main Cast STORIES: This is the one-stop shop for all "fiction" written as stories about/for player characters by their players.
    • Main Cast Opinions: Listing the thoughts and opinions of each player regarding what their character's opinion of other main characters and any non-player characters.
    • Main Cast Power Points: Awarded Power Points.

Our Fellow Travellers

  • AA 283 Flight Manifest: The master list of everyone who was aboard American Airlines Flight 283 when it left Boston on 9/11/01 for LA and destiny.
    • AA Flight 283 DECKPLAN: layout of the plane, seating chart of terrorists.
    • BOS Airport Terminal: map to Boston Logan International Airport, American Airlines.
    • Survivor Brand: The Survivors are marked; not only by destiny, but also by the hand of man. This is the mark tatooed on each Survivor.
      • the Survivors: Some people you meet can touch your life more than others. These are the Survivors who have touched the lives of the main characters more than is ordinary, listed in order of appearance.
      • DECEASED: Not everyone on the plane lived long enough to crash. Not everyone who crashed survived what came after. Here, learn about those who've fallen along the way.
      • The Godlike: Some of the Survivors, aside from the main cast, have displayed superhuman abilities. Find out who they are here.

The Wider World

OTHER FACTIONS

  • Antagonists: The various antagonists that intersect with the main character's lives. Possibly allies or foes.


Locations of Interest

Connecticut

  • Hartford: The location of Brian Jaffe's family home. Current home of his father's new family. Brian's mother currently lives with her mother (Brian's Grandmother) in a suburb of Portland, Maine.

Maryland

  • Annapolis: Home to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy U.S. Naval Academy], which hosts not only a shipyards and naval base, but also some of the country's most extensive RADAR and detection equipment. It is the site where Brian Jaffe safely brought down a Navy pilot who had lost control of his plane.
  • John Hopkins University: One of the leading academic and research universities in the United States, if not the world. Brian claimed, once, to have applied to their law school, but been turned down. The administration recently offered to award Brian an honorary doctorate (in an unknown field - presumably law or international relations) if he'll serve as commencement speaker.
    • John Hopkins Hospital: One of the nation's leading research and teaching hospitals, it's so-far been the medical center of choice for the main cast. They brought Jack here after he was shot, Carrie here to recover from her burns and Arthur here after Carrie stabbed him. An unknown Survivor works in the hospital as a Physical Therapist.
  • Oakland: A town in the far west of Maryland, this is the home of [Thomas Reagan] and the site of his unfortunate accident.
  • Rockville: The third largest city in Maryland, located almost at the state's geographic center.
    • CELERA campus: This is the site where all of the Survivors first landed on the East Coast. This is also where the main cast discovered the four cloned corpses of Bryce, the [Unborn Child of Mary Beth Manly].
    • King Farm: An enclosed, 430 acre neo-traditional planned community founded in 1997 within the Rockville city limits. Milos Wiazowski recently announced that due to funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, among others, King Farm has now become an enclosed community specifically for the benefit of the Godlike.

New Jersey

The site of the first defining moment for the Godlike: their plane's fateful crash to the earth. Since then, it's served as temporary home to Harold Redford and become the not-entirely-top-secret site of the government's latest "Area 51"-like facility.

New York City

  • Midtown East: Midtown east stretches from 42nd Street north to 59th, and East of Fifth Avenue to the East River. Major landmarks include Grand Central Station and the United Nations Building. It is also home to some of the world's most well known department stores, including Macys, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. Midtown, NYC on wikipedia
    • Waldorf Astoria Hotel: The location of Jack Bennett's mother's penthouse apartment. Loc: 301 Park Avenue (between 49th and 50th Street) Area: Midtown East, The Waldorf Astoria is a luxury hotel, located on Park Avenue, in the heart of New York. Built in 1929, the hotel was completely renovated in 1999, to bring all the charm and elegance of the original structure into the modern times. The Waldorf Astoria is justly famous. Waldorf Astoria on wikipedia

Washington, D.C.

  • Map of the DC Area
    • The National Mall: Map of the central area of Washington DC
      • the Lincoln Memorial: the location of the meeting of the main cast Survivors following their homecoming trips and sight of Jack's near-fatal shooting.
      • The Hopewell Foundation: With a main office located just off the National Mall and between the White House and the Capital Building in downtown Washington, this is the nerve-center for the main cast's efforts to unite and care for their fellow Survivors.
      • Brian's Condo: Located between Downtown Washington and Dupont Circle, this is the posh home of Brian Jaffe.
    • Georgetown: Georgetown is a neighborhood of Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. It is located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington on the Potomac River waterfront.
      • Clyde's of Georgetown: 3236 M Street, NW, Phone 202-333-9180. Where Brain Jaffe, with input from several fellow Survivors, wrote The Survivors Announcement. The streetcorner outside is the site of the bus/taxi accident that was the first public usage of super abilities.
      • Georgetown University: Georgetown University Wikipedia
      • BLUEGIN: the latest edition to DC's growing number of nightlife entertainment venues has finally arrived. Bluegin is a two-story, 4500 square foot newly renovated lounge/club space located in the heart of Georgetown.
    • Parkfair Apartments: Owned by Harold Redford. Located at 1611 Park Road, N.W., Washington, DC. He used his savings and retirement package to purchase a decent apartment complex in the NW Washington D.C. His He resides with his wife on the top floor of their apartment building in a penthouse made from three apartments converted into one residence.
    • Jack's Contingency: A private location Jack found as a "getaway" beneath DC.

West Virginia


News & Events

September 11, 2001

  • the 9/11 Disaster: A history of the real-world events of September 11.
  • 9/11 Timeline - A history of events on September 11, often different from the real world, often unique to The American Gods.
  • the Planes: 265 people killed on four planes; 232 passengers, 25 flight attendants, 8 pilots. (Note that this total includes the 19 hijackers, who reportedly boarded the planes as passengers.)

The Survivors Announcement

The World Reacts

Campaign Timeline

Science & Technology


Campaign Construction

Who are the American Gods? ... The American Gods... aka. the Godlike... aka. the Survivors... aka. them freak-os... The players take on a role as one of 283 humans imbued with godlike powers in our modern world. This is a "what if" story of having been given great power in the real world setting of the modern day. The main protagonists are human first, and may or may not become heroes in the classic comic book ideal. The choice is theirs. They are Godlike. The flavor of the game is remenicent of the comic "Supreme Power", the tv show "the 4400", the RPG "Aberrant", and the movie "Unbreakable" among many others.


Resources


SPOILERS


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